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What is Sociology?
Characteristics
Community
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What is Sociology?
Sociology is a science guided by the basic understanding that " the social matters"
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When are suicide rates lower ?
In the winter
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Whose primary insight is "we are constantly trying to manage the impressions that others have on us" ?
Erving Goffman
200
During what time period did sociology begin?
Industrial Revolution
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True or False: Men over the age of 65 are most likely to have the highest rate of suicide.
True
200
What did Robert Merton create?
A middle range theory that could bridge the gap between grand theories and the study of individual hearts of society.
300
True or False: We believe that human beings are an exception to the ecological limits of carrying capacity.
True
300
What are the characteristics of the three major sociological paradigms?
Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism
300
Who is Emile Durkheim?
He discovered social factors that contributed to suicide.
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Who came up with the Theory on Suicide?
Emile Durkheim
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What are the three theories of the Theoretical Paradigms?
Feminist Theory, Exchange Theory, Environmental Theory
400
Who developed "social Darwinism"?
Herbert Spencer
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When are suicide rates higher?
In the Spring
500
Who believes that religion is the key to social change?
Max Weber
500
Who is the father of Sociology?
August Comte